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9 Fascinating Materials of the Future

Gone are the days of boring brick and steel—these building materials are outta this world. Join Michael Aranda for this new episode of SciShow and learn about some awesome materials that look straight out of science fiction, but actually exist today!

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Sources:
Aerogels
http://www.aerogel.org/?p=3
http://energy.lbl.gov/ecs/aerogels/
http://www.nasa.gov/topics/technology/features/aerogels.html
http://www.britannica.com/science/gel

Invisibility Cloaks
http://science.sciencemag.org/content/349/6254/1310
http://time.com/4042506/invisibility-cloak/
http://bgr.com/2016/03/15/invisibility-cloak-harry-potter/
http://www.nature.com/articles/srep21921
http://www.cnet.com/news/invisibility-cloak-uses-lenses-to-bend-light/
http://www.techtimes.com/articles/86479/20150922/invisibility-cloak-technology-invented-by-uc-berkeley-scientists-you-cant-wear-it.htm

Super Waterproofing
http://phys.org/news/2015-12-superhydrophobic-coating-price.html
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/adma.201304006/abstract
http://www.businessinsider.com/a-new-super-waterproof-material-makes-water-drops-bounce-off-it-2013-10
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0021979713002865
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-25004942
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v503/n7476/full/nature12740.html

Bulk Diamonds/Aggregated Diamond Nanorods
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v421/n6923/full/421599b.html
http://www.esrf.eu/news/spotlight/spotlight25nanorods/index_html;jsessionid=CE744BDF023E441D1573798CD0C72B50
http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/news/2005/aug/26/diamonds-are-not-forever
http://www.iom3.org/materials-world-magazine/feature/2013/jun/04/material-month-aggregated-diamond-nanorods-carbon

Metallic Glasses
http://engineering.jhu.edu/materials/research-projects/metallic-glasses/#.Vuns_vkrKUk
http://www.nature.com/nmat/journal/v14/n6/full/nmat4297.html
http://www.zmescience.com/science/chemistry/metal-glass-about-howto-0423423/
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0261306911006510
http://discovermagazine.com/2004/apr/glassy-metals
http://physics.aps.org/story/v15/st20

Metallic Foams
http://www.tms.org/pubs/journals/JOM/0012/Banhart-0012.html
http://www.metalfoam.net/
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2FBF00554981#page-1

Transparent Aluminum
http://science.howstuffworks.com/transparent-aluminum-armor.htm
http://www.tssbulletproof.com/optically-clear-aluminum-provides-bulletproof-protection/
http://ceramics.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/march13_cover-story.pdf

Light-transmitting Concrete
http://illumin.usc.edu/printer/245/translucent-concrete-an-emerging-material/
http://www.cement.org/for-concrete-books-learning/materials-applications/architectural-and-decorative-concrete/light-transmitting-concrete

Regenerating Concrete
http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2015/jun/29/the-self-healing-concrete-that-can-fix-its-own-cracks
http://www.cnn.com/2015/05/14/tech/bioconcrete-delft-jonkers/
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Erik_Schlangen/publication/222648872_Application_of_bacteria_as_self-healing_agent_for_the_development_of_sustainable_concrete/links/0f3175399728a72306000000.pdf

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